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Billy House

Billy House is a Congressional Correspondent for National Journal. He joined CongressDaily in April 2009 as its House leadership reporter after two years as The Tampa Tribune's Washington reporter and before that, five years as The Arizona (Phoenix) Republic's Washington reporter.

July 16, 2014
In an unlikely setting for political theater—the cramped meeting room of the House Rules Committee—lawyers for and against Speaker John Boehner's proposed lawsuit against President Obama will stage a kind of mock trial Wednesday to expound upon the plan's possibilities and pitfalls. Although the testimony will be equally divided between...

July 15, 2014
House Republicans are planning to roll out their own plan to address the border crisis by Tuesday—and members say it won't come anywhere near embracing President Obama's $3.7 billion request for more funding. Exact details of what Republicans will offer as an alternative have not been finalized, including the price...

July 15, 2014
A familiar question that has marked much of this Congress is festering again over a legislative response to the border crisis: How much is Speaker John Boehner willing to sidestep a majority in his party in order to pass any or all of the emergency funding requested by President Obama?...

July 14, 2014
The House and Senate this week will take up several long-awaited legislative items, though they will do so amid the circus atmosphere surrounding the House GOP's buildup to a vote later this month on suing President Obama over his executive actions. The public launch of the unusual effort begins Wednesday...

July 10, 2014
The lawyer for the family of a Connecticut woman fatally shot by federal officers last October after a car chase from the White House to Capitol Hill said he was not surprised by the Justice Department's decision to not prosecute the officers involved. But attorney Eric Sanders of New York...

July 9, 2014
Awash in red ink, the U.S. Postal Service is raising the rental fees for post-office boxes in 1,625 areas nationwide. The increases will average about 20 percent for each box—which are typically offered in a range of sizes, from 3 inches by 5.5 inches to 22.5 inches by 12 inches,...

July 9, 2014
It has become a common refrain in today's political discourse: decrying the nation's "Do-Nothing Congress." As recently as last week, President Obama sang the tune in response to a threatened House Republican lawsuit over his executive actions. "As long as they're doing nothing, I'm not going to apologize for doing...

July 8, 2014
Starting next week, House Republicans will launch a highly visible—and likely tumultuous—three-week process of bringing to the floor legislation to authorize their promised lawsuit against President Obama over his use of executive actions. "In theory, you could report out a resolution tomorrow and vote on it," said a House GOP...

July 7, 2014
The unfinished work of this Congress is piling up with no more than 20 scheduled legislative days before the annual August recess, and standoffs over economic issues and other matters are continuing to vex lawmakers as they return to session this week. More time and focus is likely to be...

July 7, 2014
House Speaker John Boehner is defending his plans to sue President Obama later this month over executive power, saying he is standing up for the legislative branch of government and the Constitution. "In the end, the Constitution makes it clear that the president's job is to faithfully execute the laws,"...